app/soc/logic/validate.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:28:07 +0000
changeset 987 6fd5c561b446
parent 533 ba3309b2fd30
child 1307 091a21cf3627
permissions -rw-r--r--
Cache sidebar with a simple caching API We cache the sidebar once for every user, the downside is that once the user meets new access criteria, their sidebar does not get updated. This can be fixed by calling soc.cache.sidebar.flush() when appropriate. Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier

#!/usr/bin/python2.5
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"""Common validation helper functions.
"""

__authors__ = [
  '"Lennard de Rijk" <ljvderijk@gmail.com>',
  '"Pawel Solyga" <pawel.solyga@gmail.com>',
  ]


import feedparser

from google.appengine.api import urlfetch

from soc.models import linkable


def isFeedURLValid(feed_url=None):
  """Returns True if provided url is valid ATOM or RSS.

  Args:
    feed_url: ATOM or RSS feed url
  """
  if feed_url:
    result = urlfetch.fetch(feed_url)
    if result.status_code == 200:
      parsed_feed = feedparser.parse(result.content)
      if parsed_feed.version and (parsed_feed.version != ''):
        return True
  return False


def isLinkIdFormatValid(link_id):
  """Returns True if link_id is in a valid format.

  Args:
    link_id: link ID used in URLs for identification
  """
  if linkable.LINK_ID_REGEX.match(link_id):
    return True
  return False


def isScopePathFormatValid(scope_path):
  """Returns True if scope_path is in a valid format.
  
  Args:
    scope_path: scope path prepended to link ID
      used for identification.
  """
   
  if linkable.SCOPE_PATH_REGEX.match(scope_path):
    return True
  
  return False